Wheel-rim



J. W. CORDELL.

WHEEL RIM.

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JAMES WILEY CORDELL, or 'TALLADEGA, ALABAMA.

'WHEEL-RIM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar; 30, 1920.

Application filed December 18, 1917. SerialNo. 207,714..

specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a demountable rim, and

one object of the invention is to improve the rlm by constructlngthe same in such a way that it cannot creep circumferentially of the main rim upon which it is mounted. Another object of the invention is to improve the lever mechanism whereby the ends of the rim are connected and manipulated, the rim embodying novel features whereby the rim is reinforced, the tire casing retained, and the leverreceived when the ends of the rim are brought together.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that. type to which the invention appertains. The drawings show merely a preferred embodiment of the invention, and changes, such as a mechanic might make, may be incorporated without departing from the spirit.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a demountable rim constructed in accordance with the invention, parts appearing in section;

Fig. 2 is a fragmental top plan showing a portion of the rim;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentalbottom plan showing a portion of the rim; v 1

Fig. 4 is a cross section taken approximately on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; 1

Fig. 5' is across section taken approximately on theline 5-5 of Fig. 3.

The rim formin the subject matter of this application is made-preferably, of resilient metal, and comprises abodyl having side members or flanges 2, the body being struck upwardly to form a reinforcing rib 3 extended entirely around the rim circumferentially and defining a recess 4 on the inner curve of the rim. The logitudinal edges of a tire casing 5 rest on the body 1 between the side members 2 and the edges of the rib 3, and are restrained and held by these parts.

The tire includes relatively movable ends 6 and 7. The rib 3 has a notch 8 located at the end 7, the rib 3 having its outer wall prolonged beyond the end 6 to form a tongue 9 received in the notch 8 when the ends 6:

and 7 are brought together.

The numeral 10 marks a lever provided at- I its sides with pointed trunnions 11 and 12. In the end 6 of the rim, at the places where the rib 3- merges into the body 1, transverse seats 14 are formed, the trunnions 12 being pivotally received in the seats.

1n place .by securing elements 16, the retainers having seats 19, complemental to the seats 14 and receiving the trunnions 12 pivotally. The trunnions 11 are attached pivotally to the end 7, by a mechanism like that described above in connection with the trunv The trun-' n1ons 12 are overlapped by retainers 15 held nions 12, and including retainers 17, disposed on opposite sides of the notch 8, and securing elements 18 whereby the retainers are held on the end 7 of the rim.

When the rim is opened as shown in Fig. 1, the lever 10 swings into the notch When the rim is closed, the lever is received in the recess 1. Adjacent its free end, the lever 10 may be curved transversely as shown at 20 in Fig. 5, to reinforce the lever, and for the purpose of permitting a tool or the end of a finger to be inserted readily between the lever and the end 7 when it is desired to swing the lever into the position shown in Fig. 1. r

The rim may be supplied with spaced transverse projections 21, held in place by securing devices 22. The projections are adapted to cooperate with the wedges or other accessible parts on a main rim, and, co-

operating with such parts, prevent the demountable rim'hereinbefore described from creeping circumferentially of the main rim.

When the lever is swung from the dotted line position of Fig. l to the position indicated in Fig. 3, the tongue 9 enters the notch 8 and affords, a closure therefor, the tongue serving to take up side strains and to prevent lateral movements of the ends 6 and 7, as well as reducing the strain on the lever 10.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed 1s:

A demountable rim comprising a bodyhaving relatively movable ends and provided intermediate its edges with a circumferential rib of inverted trough-shape, the rib including side portions, the constituent material of the rim being distorted to form particonical seats, portionsofwhich are disposed in thesame planes with the side portions of the rib-5a lever forming a connection be I l I i tween the ends of the rim and having trunmy own, I have hereto affixed my signature mons received in the seats, the lever fitting m the presence of two Witnesses.

within the rib' and retainers extended across q 1 the recesses arid secured to the rim, the re- JAMES W L OORDBLL 5 tainers constituting means for holding the W itnesses:

trunnions in the seats. IVY E. SIMPSON,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as M. LAw'roN. 

